United States v. Irvin Freedman, Leo Greenfield, Joseph Stefan, Truman Skinner, John J. O'connor, and Sandy C. Brous

ALLGOOD, District Judge:

On October 7, 1981, six defendants were charged in a forty-one count indictment which focused primarily on a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. (1971) (RICO). The RICO count alleged an unlawful enterprise formed to defraud the Miami National Bank. The remaining counts of the indictment alleged, inter alia, violations of the mail and wire fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, bankruptcy fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 152 and bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 656. 1

During the more than three years in which the United States had…